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Dried Dry Liquid Source Cease Completely Provide River

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(of a liquid or of a source of liquid) to cease completely to be or provide liquid: The river dried up in the heat. All my normal sources of news have dried up. Supplies of food for the refugees have dried up sooner than expected. 2 to make dry: The sun dried up the puddles in the road. 3 to forget what to say, eg in a play: He dried up in the middle of the scene.

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